Opera Mezzo-soprano voice, SATB Choir, Piano SKU: PR.411411580
A new opera based on the beloved holiday classic by Gail Rock. Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. Spiral. Score. With Standard notation. 192 pages. Duration 1 hour, 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #411-41158. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.411411580). ISBN 9781491112342. UPC: 680160669912. 9 x 12 inches. English. Gail Rock.
Following the ravishing success of their opera “27,” the team of librettist Royce Vavrek and composer Ricky Ian Gordon received a commission from the Houston Grand Opera to create a Christmas opera for December 2017. The charming and moving fruit of their new collaboration is an operatic setting of the Christmas story which began as a short book by Gail Rock, later expanded for television. Using a cast of 5 principals and chorus, the 80-minute work is framed as a flashback to the childhood of a girl whose family tragedy deprived her of growing up with joy and Christmas spirit until another life-changing event miraculously transformed her life.
